Nunpoo:As someone who works for a company that often contracts with the pizza comany in tfa, not really a "makeshift pizza oven" more of a $200,000 food truck custom built with a pizza oven.

Seriously if anyone would just rtfa it would have been clear that it wasn't some redneck engineering but a legitimate oven that had a bad propane line. I hate dealing with pilot lights and that dude should have made sure there was no propane inside the oven before lighting the match, take the extra 30sec to open all doors or get 2nd degree burns all over your body.

TNel:Nunpoo: As someone who works for a company that often contracts with the pizza comany in tfa, not really a "makeshift pizza oven" more of a $200,000 food truck custom built with a pizza oven.

Seriously if anyone would just rtfa it would have been clear that it wasn't some redneck engineering but a legitimate oven that had a bad propane line. I hate dealing with pilot lights and that dude should have made sure there was no propane inside the oven before lighting the match, take the extra 30sec to open all doors or get 2nd degree burns all over your body.

strangeluck:TNel: Nunpoo: As someone who works for a company that often contracts with the pizza comany in tfa, not really a "makeshift pizza oven" more of a $200,000 food truck custom built with a pizza oven.

Seriously if anyone would just rtfa it would have been clear that it wasn't some redneck engineering but a legitimate oven that had a bad propane line. I hate dealing with pilot lights and that dude should have made sure there was no propane inside the oven before lighting the match, take the extra 30sec to open all doors or get 2nd degree burns all over your body.

KrispyKritter:some pizza joints used to bring prepared hot pies to sports fields to sell slices. they only kept the pies warm. it's got to be pretty expensive to run pie ovens from tanks, i would imagine.

I would prefer and pay a bit more for fresh pizza than some pizza held over for an hour or so.

Baseball games were interrupted Saturday morning when players heard what sounded like a loud explosion.

The injured man was attempting to ignite the pilot light when a buildup of propane gas flashed. The victims suffered first and second degree burns to the face, arms, and legs. Hmm, ignition of a buildup of propane gas sounds like a loud exlosion? And a mentos in a closed 2-liter is a weapon of mass destruction. I'll never understand reporter bias.

StrikitRich:If you are going to operate a mobile pizza truck, why wouldn't you be near the propane, a.k.a. your fuel source?

I think Subby is really confused. The oven was not between two propane tanks, the tanks were outside and did not explode. The trailer was between two baseball fields, but this is not inherently dangerous. I also see no evidence that the pizza oven was "makeshift" - makeshift ovens would not likely have four decks. Looks like a professional mobile operation to me.

This thread makes me curious why the DOT lists a 5 gallon lpg tank as having a 40 foot fireball in the IED section, yet a BLEVE of 38.6 gallon residential lpg tank only has a fireball of 33 feet. I guess muslim lpg tanks are more explodey than their Murican counterparts?